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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Suite
Tuning
Part
Operetta
2. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Galliard
Twelve-tone music
Rondo
Tone less
3. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Grazioso
Scale
Instrumentation
Fifth
4. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Medley
Gregorian Chant
Pastoral
5. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Tuning
Staccato
Cantata
Operetta
6. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Musicology
Part
Sequence
Castrato
7. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
March
Carol
Sonatina
Chromatic scale
8. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Tremolo
Progression
Elegy
9. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Tritone
Renaissance
Grazioso
Choir
10. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Scale
Musette
Cadenza
Maestro
11. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Form
Tessitura
Prelude
Ligature
12. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Sextet
Staccato
Hymn
Movement
13. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Mezzo
Musicology
Serenade
Rigaudon
14. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Round
Exposition
Mezzo
Form
15. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Symphony
Oratorio
Unison
Dissonance
16. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Staff
Klangfarbenmelodie
Orchestra
Tonal
17. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Carol
Motif
Coda
Rondo
18. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Opus
Sonata
Tutti
Part
19. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Choir
Movement
Scherzo
20. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Scale
Song cycle
Tritone
Voice
21. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Overture
Encore
Madrigal
22. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Scherzo
Concerto
Symphony
Energico
23. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Slide
Whole-tone scale
Dynamics
Maestro
24. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Verismo
Serenade
Chorus
25. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Fourth
Grazioso
Ornaments
Trill
26. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Musette
Tone
Reprise
Quartet
27. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Orchestration
Leitmotif
Grazioso
EnharmonicInterval
28. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Parody
Sonata
Requiem
Exposition
29. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Quintet
Fermata
Clef
30. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Trill
Phrase
Coda
Interlude
31. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Opera
Forte
Polyphony
32. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Development
Courante
Hymn
Key
33. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Polytonality
Madrigal
Galliard
34. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Allegro
Monotone
Virtuoso
Polytonality
35. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Elegy
Tritone
Recital
Dynamics
36. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Beat
Legato
Suite
37. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Intonation
Finale
Resonance
Cantabile
38. The principal note of a triad.
Song cycle
Root
Fermata
Rhythm
39. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Slur
Form
Musicology
Twelve-tone music
40. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Clavier
Legato
Duet
Forte
41. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Staccato
Register
Tempo
42. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Adagio
Twelve-tone music
EnharmonicInterval
Parody
43. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Clavier
Rhythm
Contralto
Relative pitch
44. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Staccato
Phrase
Theme
Staff
45. A repeated phrase.
Scale
Ostinato
Sequence
Cavatina
46. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Homophony
Slur
Klangfarbenmelodie
Chorale
47. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Parody
Quintet
Register
Time Signature
48. Repetition of a single tone.
Monotone
Form
Prelude
Choir
49. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Medley
Canon
Form
Pentatonic Scale
50. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Exposition
Neoclassical
Ornaments
Motif